Tra từ want - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 wanting sth
2 wanting sth very much
3 not wanting sth
see also WILLING

1 wanting sth
- to feel that you would like to have sth or do sth: want sth, want (sb) to do sth, (formal) wish (sb) to do sth
They want this work done by the weekend. ◎ We want you to come and stay with us. ◎ Do you wish me to forward your letters?
- a feeling of wanting sth: wish
I've made my wishes clear. ◎ I have no wish to go back to that hospital. ◎ So you've got your wish at last (= what you wanted has happened) .
- wanted by many people: desirable
a desirable area to live in
- to want sth to happen or be true: hope for sth, hope to do sth, hope (that) ※¦
We're hoping for good weather on holiday. ◎ She's hoping to study biology at university. ◎ I really hope I pass my exam!
※ more on hoping HOPE
- to like the idea of having or doing sth: feel* like sth/doing sth
I feel like an egg for breakfast. ◎ What do you feel like doing today?
- to want sth and try hard to get it or do it: be after sth, be out for sth
He's after Peter's job. ◎ She's out for whatever she can get.
- if you want or need sth, you would like it, (formal) you desire it, (informal) you could do with it
Would you like some tea? ◎ They have everything they could possibly desire. ◎ I could do with a drink right now.
※ wishing
- to want sth that cannot now happen or that probably will not happen: wish (that) ※¦
I wish I had listened to my father's advice. ◎ I wish I could help you. ◎ She said she wished she were dead.
- to wish that sth had not happened: regret sth
I regret not saying goodbye to him.
- an unlikely event that you very much want to happen: dream
My dream is to go and live on a tropical island.
- to express a strong wish, you can say if only ※¦
If only I could be there when he comes.
- ideas that are based on what you would like, not on reality: wishful thinking (noun U)
That's just wishful thinking.
※ wanting what sb else has
- to want sth that sb else has: envy sb sth
She has always envied him his success.
- feeling or showing that you want sth that sb else has: jealous (of sb/sth), envious (of sb/sth); nouns (U): jealousy, envy
She's jealous of me because I got the job and she didn't. ◎ I'm very envious of your new computer! ◎ I'm filled with envy every time I see their beautiful house. ◎ to show envy of sb
- causing or capable of causing envy: enviable
an enviable reputation

2 wanting sth very much
- to want sth very much: want sth badly, long for sth, be dying for sth
I badly wanted to get out of London and see the countryside. ◎ They're longing for a holiday. ◎ I'm dying for a cigarette.
- the feeling of wanting sth very much: desire
an overwhelming desire for peace
- wanting sth very much: eager (for sth) (adverb eagerly), anxious for sth (adverb anxiously)
The students are all eager to finish the course. ◎ Your report is eagerly awaited. ◎ We're anxious to finish the work as soon as possible.
- wanting more of sth than you really need: greedy; noun (U):
Don't be so greedy! You've had three cakes already!
- wanting sth to happen soon: impatient (for sth/to do sth) (adverb impatiently)
They're impatient to see the results. ◎ Everyone's impatient for the summer to come.
- a strong desire to be successful: ambition (noun U); adjective: ambitious
an ambitious politician
- a particular thing that you want very much to have or do: ambition
My ambition is to go up in a hot air balloon.
- if you have decided to succeed in sth you want, you are determined (to do sth); noun (U): determination
She was determined to win.
- wanting sth very much: desperate (for sth/to do sth)
I'm desperate to get out of this place.
- a strong desire that you cannot control: compulsion, urge
He felt a compulsion to smash everything in sight. ◎ I had an urge to tell him what I thought of him.
- caused by a strong desire that you cannot control: compulsive
This book makes compulsive reading - you just can't put it down.
- unable to stop taking sth (for example a drug) or doing sth: addicted; noun (C/U): addiction
Gerry's addicted to fast cars.

3 not wanting sth
- not wanting to do sth: unwilling
He's unwilling to give us any more money.
- not eager or interested: unenthusiastic
I offered him my own car in exchange, but he didn't seem very enthusiastic.
※ more on being unwilling WILLING
- not wanted: unwanted
unwanted Christmas presents
- not desirable or pleasant: undesirable
This drug has no undesirable side-effects.
※ MORE ...
- to do what you want without worrying about other people's opinions: please yourself, do* as you please
'I'm sure my idea is the best one.' 'Okay, please yourself.' ◎ Whatever I tell him, he'll still do as he pleases.
- a sudden wish to do sth without thinking of the results: impulse
She had an impulse to rush straight out of the room.
- a person who does things without thinking of the results is impulsive (adverb impulsively)
- the power of the mind to make things happen: will (noun C/U)
the will to live
- strength of mind: willpower (noun U)
It takes a lot of willpower to give up smoking.